Category Archives: Rumors

What is this? As this is written (August 12, 2007) the SonyStyle website shows the A100 body-only configuration as “out of stock.” You can buy either of the Alpha kits with lenses, but the $699 body only package is not available. This could mean almost anything. Maybe Sony had an influx of orders for the [...]

At last there is some word from Sony on their new dSLRs. While it is not very satisfying for those of us thirsting for information on the future Sony dSLRs –at least it is something. A few weeks ago, Rick Clancy, a Sony employee for more than seventeen years, started the all-new Sony Electronics blog. [...]

Some myths never die. You know what I mean: Wearing hats causes baldness. The owners of the Titanic claimed it was “unsinkable.” Humphrey Bogart spoke the line “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca. George Washington had wooden teeth. The Alpha A100 dSLR relies on Sony Memory Sticks for image storage. The last myth I mentioned [...]

Is that Sony Alpha real or fake? If you roam around the various Sony-Minolta camera forums on the web, you probably have seen this image — apparently a shot of the Alpha Advanced Amateur dSLR in use. Is it really the future Alpha? Or is an interesting fake? It is definitely not an A100. The [...]

Ok, which of the future Sony dSLR cameras are we likely to see in stores first? The original word was that one camera would be released in 2007, the other in early 2008. Nothing definite, though and this has led to intense speculation about the prototypes. Sony hasn’t said which of the future dSLRs will [...]